The bid for a nuclear waste dump on a particular spot at Muckaty Station, north of Tennant Creek, has fallen over after seven years of opposition. The Northern Land Council, which nominated the site on behalf of some of the Ngapa clan, agreed to an out-of-court settlement. But there is growing ...

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The Tasmanian elections are hard to predict thanks to the Hare-Clark voting system, but Labor's Rebecca White is a strong challenger to incumbent Liberal Will Hodgman. Labor has run a grass roots campaign on progressive issues like restricting poker machines, while the Liberals have spent big ...

Barnaby Joyce is defiantly defending his right to be leader of the National Party, telling his colleagues and the rest of the nation he's 'not going anywhere'. Mr Joyce also brushed aside the WA Branch of the National Party after it officially withdrew its support for the federal leader. ...

New South Wales Nationals Leader and Deputy Premier John Barilaro landed the final blow of a bruising week for the Prime Minister, calling for Malcolm Turnbull's resignation. The comments were met with condemnation from his state and federal colleagues, including Nationals Federal leader ...